Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger

Origin

USSR

Type

carrierborne V/STOL combat aircraft

Max Speed

545 kt / 627 mph

Max Range

14,765 ft / 4,500 m

Dimensions

span 7.32 m / 24 ft 0.2 in length 15.50 m / 50 ft 10.2 in height 4.37 m / 14 ft 4 in

Weight

empty 7,485 kg / 16,502 lb max. take-off 11,700 kg / 25,795 lb

Powerplant

one 6950-kg (15,322-lb) dry thrust Tumanskii R-27V-300 vectored-thrust turbojet, and two 3050-kg (6,724-lb) dry thrust Rybinsk RD-36-35VFR lift turboJ'ets

Armament

provision for 2000 kg (4,409 Ib) of disposable stores, including AAMs, ASMs, bombs, rocket-launcher pods, cannon pods and drop tanks, carried on four external hardpoints

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